Similes

little tidbits to remind people ... since converting everything to Btus just isn't as fun. :)  See also a brief discussion on Units.

From green.yahoo's Consumer Energy Saving Tips

• "Lighten your trunk . Every 100 pounds eats up an extra mile/gallon."
• "Each 5 mph increase above 60 is an additional 10 cents a gallon."

Energy Conversion

• lots of cool similes on storing energy in concrete blocks, etc

From EC research

• "A CRT is basically an incandescent light bulb"
• "So is your average desktop computer."
• "An (older) LCD monitor is basically a CFL." (most of the energy is in fact being used by a fluorescent tube).
• "Newer LED-lit LCDs are noticeably cooler and more efficient than CFL-lit LCDs."
• "A 24x365 watt costs $1/year" or "A watt-year costs $1"

Carbon Equivalence

• "A small computer (mac mini, total lifetime used w/energy saving technologies an not counting any display) is responsible for about the same carbon as 100 gallons of gas (a couple months of typical driving)"